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Quality Criteria of Transdisciplinary Research: A Guide for the Formative Evaluation of Research Projects.
ISOE-Studientexte, No 13, Frankfurt am Main
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Bergmann, Matthias et al., 2005: Quality Criteria of Transdisciplinary Research: A Guide for the Formative Evaluation of Research Projects. ISOE-Studientexte, No 13, Frankfurt am Main.
Transdisciplinary research projects investigate problems from everyday life. Experts from various disciplines and practitioners from the practical field in question have to co-operate to cope with the problem appropriately. Multiple forms of co-operation, differentiation and integration, methods and theories are significant for such projects. So conventional methods of disciplinary evaluation cannot be transferred and applied directly. In this situation, Evalunet, the Network for Transdisciplinary Evaluation, offers this guide, which provides researchers with very detailed evaluation criteria and descriptions of evaluation methods and practices. Criteria and procedures were identified in an empirical process by evaluating a number of transdisciplinary research projects. In this process lead-managed by the Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), the Evalunet team was supported by numerous experts from various research areas. The main purpose of the guide is to provide guidance for the evaluation of transdisciplinary research projects. The criteria mainly support discursive evaluation processes that initiate learning processes for researchers and evaluators (formative evaluation). A set with a reduced number of criteria (Basiskriterien) offers a basic procedure for the evaluation, while the larger set with more detailed criteria (Detailkriterien) provides explanations and assistance in making a judgement. Criteria can also be used for conceiving and constructing new research projects.
Contact Person:
Dr. Matthias Bergmann
Project Head "Evaluation Network for
Transdisciplinary Research"
Tel.: +49(0)30-89001-142
Email: bergmann@isoe.de
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